Chapter 14 Contracting the Mountain
As soon as he returned to the village, he had the idea of the mountain, if he could contract it, plant some fruit trees on it, and raise a large flock of chickens without any feed, and those chickens would grow up, it would be all game.
Just do it, Xia Liu and Zhang Xiaoxue heard the current village chief, and they had said hello before, it was Li Zhi.
Hearing this news, Xia Liu had a greater grasp of his own bag, Li Zhike witnessed Zhang Qing being bitten by a snake until he detoxified himself, and he absolutely trusted himself.
The most important thing is that Li Zhi went to pick atractylodes from the beginning, and when he sent out the money last night, he was also the one who proposed to integrate it for three days or more to receive the money.
In the afternoon, when everyone came back for dinner, Xia Liu invited Li Zhi to his home for dinner, and mentioned the matter of contracting the mountain on the way.
The result can be imagined, Li Zhi has 100% trust in Xia Liu.
"Xia Liu, you're back, I feel that the burden on my body is too light, I've been sitting in the position of village chief for four or five years, it's better for you to come back for a few days, I think you should sit down in this position......"
"Uncle Li, this is not good, you are recognized by everyone, and I don't have so much time to deal with it, my task is to drive everyone to make money, and your task is to mobilize everyone. Xia Liu hurriedly refused, once the position of the village chief is seated, there will be many eyes staring, the village is not afraid, the neighboring village, the town or something, anyway, it is inconvenient to do things.
Li Zhi didn't force Xia Liu, after eating, he went to the village to shout, and went to the village center for a meeting tonight.
It is not up to him to contract the mountain, but according to Xia Liu's current trend, except for Zhang Tie and a few households who disagree, no one will refuse Xia Liu.
And Xia Liu contracted the mountain to give a huge amount of money, 10,000 yuan a year, which is unimaginable for Osmanthus Village.
That night, Xia Liu sorted out the atractylodes, and in a few days, the atractylodes hoarded at home already had more than 700 catties, and he went to pick it for another day tomorrow, and he could call Liu Lanxin to receive the goods the day after tomorrow.
"Brother Xia Liu, there are so many mountain gingers, you won't lose money. In the past two days, watching a lot of money in the hands of the villagers, Zhang Xiaoxue was faintly worried in her heart, if these gingers could not be sold, she would die at a loss.
"Brother Xiaoxue, don't worry, you will know the day after tomorrow, I will go and talk to everyone about contracting the mountain first. Xia Liu didn't explain too much, only when he really got the money, Zhang Xiaoxue would naturally rest assured.
As Xia Liu guessed, Li Zhi convened a meeting of the whole village to discuss the matter of contracting the mountain, and when he heard that Xia Liu was going to contract.
Zhang Tie directly voiced his opposition, plus several middle-aged villagers who supported him, they all followed Zhang Tie to the town to do construction, if they didn't support Zhang Tie, their jobs would be lost.
"Zhang Tie, this matter is not something you can oppose if you oppose it, everyone listens to me. Li Zhi pulled his throat and said: "Let's not say who contracted it, let's just say that the mountain, it's not worth anything if you put it there, it's also looking at it, why don't you contract it out, and it's a promising young man in our village, the price given by Xia Liu is 10,000 yuan a year, everyone says that the mountain is worth this money?"
"It's not worth it!"
"I don't think that mountain is worth anything at all, it's about 3,000 yuan a year. ”
"That's it!"
Everyone heard that Xia Liu was going to pay 10,000 yuan for a year, and they all helped Xia Liu to talk in an instant, and they all knew the state of the village, that mountain from before to now, no one had paid for the contract, because they all knew that they were losing money, and at this time, spending 10,000 yuan to contract it would definitely be a loss.
Seeing this, Li Zhi was relieved, he really wanted to suppress the price, no matter what, he couldn't let Xia Liu go bankrupt, he wanted to take Osmanthus Village to the future of promising youth.
After hearing the price, Zhang Tie was excited, this time he not only did not refute, but on the contrary, he was very enthusiastic, Xia Liu would spend 10,000 yuan to cover the mountain, and the iron must be wasted.
But he couldn't accept Li Zhi's proposal directly, so he said: "I think that mountain is very precious, if you want to contract, how can you do it without 350,000 a year!"
"Haha, Zhang Tie is right, how can he contract without 350,000 yuan, he is so rich, if I still contract, I will be sorry for the village office. At this time, Xia Liu laughed wildly.
"That's right, Boss Zhang Tie thinks it's worth so much money, it must be calculated by addition and subtraction, and it will definitely make a lot of money when contracted!"
"That's right, Boss Zhang is welcome to contract!"
After Xia Liu's sarcasm, everyone pointed the finger at Zhang Tie, they didn't understand, why did Zhang Tie keep targeting Xia Liu, he was before and now, can't he get used to seeing everyone have income?
"You guys!" Looking at everyone, Zhang Tie was so angry that he couldn't speak, and finally dropped the cruel words and left: "Hmph, sooner or later, one day you will know that you are wrong!"
Zhang Tie walked away with a few people at the scene, they all thought that Xia Liu couldn't do it, after all, there were too many obstacles in the village, and it was difficult to get effective development.
The villagers shouted wildly and exchanged discussions, hoping to reduce the cost of Xia Liu's contract.
This made Xia Liu very moved, after all, they all spoke for themselves, but he refused the villagers' request, he must be 10,000 a year, whether he earns money or not, this fee must be paid.
Unable to bear Xia Liu's insistence, Li Zhi and the villagers could only accept it, and as for the materials handed over, Li Zhi promised to get it done within three days.
So from this moment on, Xia Liu owned the mountain of about 500 acres, and what he cared about the most was the osmanthus tree on the mountain, which was almost all over the mountain.
As long as you get close to the mountain, you can smell the fragrance of osmanthus, and people who are irritable will get better unconsciously.
The next day, Xia Liu gathered several old people in the village, they were all masters of weaving bamboo, Xia Liu gave them 200 yuan a day, and asked them to build a house on the top of the hill according to their own requirements, and build some thatch on the top of the house.
This is all purchased from the villagers, and the villagers are embarrassed to collect money, Xia Liu will not give them a chance, no matter how much, he will give them money.
In the evening, two rows of bamboo houses were built, very simple, in addition to positioning with a few large logs to position, is to use bamboo to enclose a few places, thatch is not to cover all, mainly a few large places.
To raise wild meat, there must be a natural taste, and too many artificial things will affect some aspects.
When taking inventory of the ginger in the evening, Xia Liu knew that the first money was coming in, and in four days, the villagers picked more than 1,500 catties, 35 yuan per catty, which was more than 50,000 yuan.
Xia Liu selected a few big men and asked them not to pick them tomorrow morning, and to carry these mountain gingers with him, after all, there is a distance from the village to Shanyan Village, and one person must not break his leg.